Bharath Seervi dwells into some interesting facts and figures of the T20 World Cup.

The ICC World T20 has always carved its own importance in the midst of various T20s all round the year. Bharath Seervi dwells into some interesting facts and figures of the T20 World Cup.

The third format of International Cricket — Twenty20 — was introduced in the season 2005. Soon, in the next 2 years of time, International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the World T20 Championship. It was scheduled to be held every 2 years. The 3rd edition, in 2010, was hosted within one year as ICC World Cup [of ODIs] was to be held in 2011.

ICC World T20 has been a 12-team tournament which is divided into four groups of three teams each. The fifth edition, unlike the previous four editions, is hosting 16 teams. The top eight teams are qualified directly whereas 2 more teams will be added to the respective groups after winning the qualifiers.

ICC World T20 Champions:

Inaugural ICC World T20 was held in South Africa in 2007 which was won by India. Next three editions were hosted by England, West Indies and Sri Lanka and the winners were Pakistan, England and West Indies respectively.

Year

Host

Winner & Captain

Runner-up

2007

South Africa

India (MS Dhoni)

Pakistan

2009

England

Pakistan (Younis Khan)

Sri Lanka

2010

West Indies

England (Paul Collingwood)

Australia

2012

Sri Lanka

West Indies (Darren Sammy)

Sri Lanka

ICC World T20 Finals:

Edition

Date

Venue

Winner

Runner-up

Margin

Man of the Match

1

24-Sep-07

Johannesburg

India

Pakistan

5 runs

Irfan Pathan

2

21-Jun-09

Lord’s

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

8 wickets

Shahid Afridi

3

16-May-10

Bridgetown

England

Australia

7 wickets

Craig Kieswetter

4

7-Oct-12

Colombo (RPS)

West Indies

Sri Lanka

36 runs

Marlon Samuels

Teams:

The table below shows how the top 8 teams have fared in the tournament so far.

Team

Matches

Won

Lost

Tied

N/R

Winner

Runner-Up

Pakistan

26

16

9

1

0

1

1

Sri Lanka

25

16

8

1

0

0

2

England

22

10

11

0

1

1

0

India

22

12

8

1

1

1

0

Australia

21

13

8

0

0

0

1

New Zealand

21

9

10

2

0

0

0

South Africa

21

13

8

0

0

0

0

West Indies

20

9

9

1

1

1

0

Team positions in each edition of ICC World T20:

Pakistan has been the most consistent team in ICC World T20. They are the only team to qualify for semi-finals in each of the four editions with winning once and being runner-ups once. Sri Lanka has managed to reach the semi-finals in last three editions, ending up as runner-ups twice.

India (2007), South Africa (2009) and New Zealand (2007) could move to Semi-Finals stage only once in the 4 editions. India became the champions when they did so, while South Africa and New Zealand ended up as the semi-finalists.

Team

2007

2009

2010

2012

Pakistan

Runner-Up

Champions

Semi Finals

Semi Finals

Sri Lanka

Super 8

Runner-Up

Semi Finals

Runner-Up

England

Super 8

Super 8

Champions

Super 8

India

Champions

Super 8

Super 8

Super 8

Australia

Semi Finals

1st Round

Runner-Up

Semi Finals

New Zealand

Semi Finals

Super 8

Super 8

Super 8

South Africa

Super 8

Semi Finals

Super 8

Super 8

West Indies

1st Round

Semi Finals

Super 8

Champions

Player of the Tournaments:
Only Kevin Pietersen’s team won the trophy.

Year

Player

Matches

Runs

Avg

Wickets

S/R

Catches

2007

Shahid Afridi (Pak)

7

91

15.16

12

14

2

2009

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

7

317

52.83

-

-

3

2010

Kevin Pietersen (Eng)

6

248

62

-

-

3

2012

Shane Watson (Aus)

6

249

49.8

11

13

3

Batting Statistics:

a) Leading Run-getters:

Mahela Jayawardene is the highest run-getter in ICC World T20. He has scored 858 runs in 25 innings at average of 40.85 and strike rate of 136.62. His tally also included 1 100 and 5 50s. He has scored at least 150 runs in each of the 4 editions — 159 in 1st, 154 in 2nd, 302 in 3rd and 243 in the 4th.

Other batsmen to aggregate 500-plus runs in ICC World T20 are Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Kevin Pietersen, Brendon McCullum and Gautam Gambhir. Among these, Gambhir and Pietersen aren’t part of the 2013-14 edition of ICC World T20.

Runs

Batsman

Inns

Avg

S/R

100s

50s

Highest

858

Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

25

40.85

136.62

1

5

100

664

Chris Gayle (WI)

17

44.26

152.29

1

6

117

632

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

24

30.09

128.97

0

4

96*

590

Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

25

26.81

113.89

0

3

68

580

Kevin Pietersen (Eng)

15

44.61

148.33

0

4

79

552

Brendon McCullum (NZ)

21

29.05

126.6

1

1

123

524

Gautam Gambhir (India)

20

26.2

118.01

0

4

75

b) Leading run-getters of each edition:

In all the 4 editions, the leading run-getter’s team did not win the title. In fact, only Dilshan’s team (2009) reached finals.

Rohit Sharma leads the table of highest batting average in ICC World T20 for a minimum cut-off of 10 innings. He aggregates 385 runs in 14 innings (with 7 not outs) for India in the tournament. He just pushes down Michael Hussey who has an average of 54.62. To be noted that without any cut-off, Matthew Hayden has the highest average of 83.33 in the tournament but he batted only six innings (all in the first edition).

The batsman with highest batting strike rate with a minimum cut-off of 175 balls faced is Chris Gayle. He is just ahead of Imran Nazir (150.00).
Best Averages (Min 10 inns) I Best Strike Rates (Min 175 balls)

Avg

Batsman

Innings

S/R

Batsman

Balls

55

Rohit Sharma (Ind)

14

152.29

Chris Gayle (WI)

436

54.62

Mike Hussey (Aus)

16

150

Imran Nazir (Pak)

200

46.66

Umar Akmal (Pak)

10

148.33

Kevin Pietersen (Eng)

391

44.61

Kevin Pietersen (Eng)

15

147.52

Shahid Afridi (Pak)

263

44.26

Chris Gayle (WI)

17

144.8

Matthew Hayden (Aus)

183

d) Most fours and Sixes:

Most sixes

Most fours

6s

Batsman

Innings

4s

Batsman

Innings

43

Chris Gayle (WI)

17

91

Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

25

27

Shane Watson (Aus)

15

75

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

17

27

Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

19

62

Brendon McCullum (NZ)

21

22

Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

25

61

Gautam Gambhir (Ind)

20

21

Luke Wright (Eng)

20

60

Kevin Pietersen (Eng)

15

Most fours in an innings: 14 by Herschelle Gibbs in his 90* vs West Indies in the inaugural match of ICC World T20.

Most sixes in an innings: 10 by Chris Gayle in his 117 vs South Africa in the inaugural match of ICC World T20.

Lasith Malinga leads the table of most wickets in ICC World T20. He has taken 33 wickets in 25 matches. Saeed Ajmal is next with 32 wickets, but only in 19 matches. Ajantha Mendis took 31 wickets in 18 matches and finds himself 3rd in the list of most wickets in the tournament.

W

Bowler

M

Avg

Eco

S/R

4 for

5 for

Best

33

Lasith Malinga (SL)

25

19.78

7.71

15.3

0

1

31-May

32

Saeed Ajmal (Pak)

19

15.46

6.65

13.9

3

0

19-Apr

31

Ajantha Mendis (SL)

18

13.48

6.14

13.1

1

1

8-Jun

31

Shahid Afridi (Pak)

26

22.25

6.63

20.1

2

0

11-Apr

29

Umar Gul (Pak)

20

16.58

6.95

14.3

1

1

6-May

b) Best Average, Strike Rate and Economy Rates

Ajantha Mendis has the best bowling average and bowling strike rates for a minimum cut-off of 250 balls while Daniel Vettori’s economy rate of 5.83 is the best among all.

Sri Lanka scored 260 for six in 50 overs against Kenya in the first edition of ICC World T20. It is the highest in the tournament and highest in T20 Internationals overall. South Africa chased down the total of 205 for six by West Indies in the inaugural match of ICC World T20 in 2007. It is the highest target chased in the tournament so far.

Score

Team

Opp

Venue

Date

Result

260/6

Sri Lanka

Kenya

Johannesburg

14-Sep-07

Won

218/4

India

England

Durban

19-Sep-07

Won

211/5 #

South Africa

Scotland

The Oval

7-Jun-09

Won

208/2

South Africa

West Indies

Johannesburg

11-Sep-07

Won

205/6

West Indies

South Africa

Johannesburg

11-Sep-07

Lost

# While chasing, South Africa achieved the target in 17.4 overs.

Lowest Inning Totals:

Ireland has been dismissed for the lowest total in the tournament — 68. Lowest total by a Test playing nation is 80 by England against India in 2012. None of the below totals resulted in victory for the team.

Score

Overs

Team

Opp

Venue

Date

68

16.4

Ireland

West Indies

Providence

30-Apr-10

73

16.5

Kenya

New Zealand

Durban

12-Sep-07

80

17.2

Afghanistan

England

Colombo (RPS)

21-Sep-12

80

16

Afghanistan

South Africa

Bridgetown

5-May-10

80

14.4

England

India

Colombo (RPS)

23-Sep-12

Lowest target defended: 128/7 by South Africa against West Indies in 2009. South Africa had won by 1 run.

c) Victories by 1 run:

Team

Score

Opp

Score

Venue

Date

India

152/6

South Africa

151/10

Colombo (RPS)

2-Oct-12

New Zealand

133/7

Pakistan

132/7

Bridgetown

8-May-10

South Africa

128/7

New Zealand

127/5

Lord’s

9-Jun-09

Wicketkeeping and Fielding:

a) Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper:

Dismissals

Catches

Stumpings

Wicketkeeper

Inns

24

8

16

Kamran Akmal (Pak)

26

23

10

13

Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

25

18

16

2

Denesh Ramdin (WI)

18

18

14

4

MS Dhoni (Ind)

21

16

15

1

Mark Boucher (SA)

16

b) Most catches by a Fielder:

catches

Fielder

Inns

16

AB de Villiers (SA)

16

14

David Warner (Aus)

15

13

Ross Taylor (NZ)

19

12

Mike Hussey (Aus)

12

Trivia and Miscellaneous Stats:
Only one match was brought to a result after being tied by bowl-out in ICC World T20 – India vs Pakistan in the inaugural edition. India won the bowl-out by 3-0.

In the inaugural edition of ICC World T20, Yuvraj Singh (Ind) batting against England became the first batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over in T20 format and the second do to so in International Cricket (Gibbs was the first). Yuvraj completed his half century in 12 balls which is the fastest in T20 cricket.

In the final of ICC World T20 2007, Sohail Tanvir batted for the first time in his International Career and hit a six off the first ball he faced. Thus, making him the first player to hit a six of the first ball off International career.

Ravindra Jadeja was hit for 6 sixes in 6 balls, not in the same over, by Shane Watson (last 3 balls of 4th over) and David Warner (first 3 balls of 10th over) at Bridgetown in 2009.